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And the house which is called by thy name thou hast made as it is today, because of the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
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"`Yet thou hast dealt with us, O Lord our God, in all thy kindness and in all thy great compassion,
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as thou didst speak by thy servant Moses on the day when thou didst command him to write thy law in the presence of the people of Israel, saying,
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"If you will not obey my voice, this very great multitude will surely turn into a small number among the nations, where I will scatter them.
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For I know that they will not obey me, for they are a stiff-necked people. But in the land of their exile they will come to themselves,
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